Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
I believe the declaration that ‘all men are created equal’ is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest.
He who represents himself has a fool for a client
You know I dislike slavery; and you fully admit the abstract wrong of it.
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.